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"My
name is Mike Wolski and I live in Germany.
My great grandfather Christoph Wolski (also) called Wolske, born 1855
as
German in Chelm, Kolonie Roskozs and died Jan.1.1939 in Gillett, Oconto
County, Wisconsin USA. He married Karoline Fröde. Karoline,
his wife,
and children stayed in Germany during and after the 2 World Wars. And
some
are going in the (19) 50's to Canada. So my interest is why he was
going
to Gillett? Maybe to meet and live there with relatives?

UPDATE:
I searched at <www.ellisisland.org>
and found out that “Christof Wolske, age 55y fromRoskosz
arrived July 13, 1914”.
He traveled with his daughter Ewa Wolske, age 30y andprobably
his brother-in-law
Gustav Riske age 40y. They declared that there destination is JuliusRiske
son of Gustav Riske in
Cleveland, Oh. Christof Wolske declared that he was before in theUSA,
first time 1906 in Gillett,
Wi., USA. And Julius Schimkowski 20y also on the way to his Cousin
Julius
Riske.

I can write to you that
that Christopf Wolski immigrate
to the US in 1913, returns probablybetween 1934-1938 to Hamburg,
Germany to contact his
wife Karoline Fröde and grown children.He (had) gone to met them and
take them to the US.

When he arrives, he was
not allowed by (the) German
government to leave the ship. My family, those who wanted to go with
him,
were not allowed to emigrate from Germany. He could not go from (ship)
board and his wife and children could not go on (ship) board. He
returns
to Gillett. Karoline Fröde died in 1944/45 near Berlin on the
flight
from the soviets (she was trying to escape ahead of the Soviet troop
invasion),
her daughter immigrated 10 years later to Canada.

Yours sincerely,Mike Wolski, Sankt Augustin,
Germany"

Research findings: 1930 US Census - Oconto
County, Gillett
- Page 3:* Christopf Wolski was at the Oconto
County retirement
home.* Age - 76* Immigrated to the US in 1913.
Christopf
Wolski was age 58 when he immigrated in 1913.* Not a citizen of the US in 1930* Spoke English* Nativity - Poland* Language - German

Also found on the 1930 Census: William Wolski, no wife listed,
who had children
Margaret age 10, Emma age 6, Richard age 4and Robert age 2 lived in a private
residence in Gillett.
He was age 31 in 1930, born 1899 inWisconsin with both his parents born in
Poland. This
may have been a relative of Christopf Wolski.

Nachkommen von
Johann Wolski genannt WolskeDescendants of John Wolski also known as Wolske